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Arsenal 2-0 Blackburn - February 11, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 26

Emirates Stadium - London - England

February 11, 2008

2 - 0

Blackburn

(header) Philippe Senderos

(right foot) Emmanuel Adebayor

90'

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4' - Goal Philippe Senderos4

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77' - Substitution Kerimoglu Tugayis substituted by Aaron Mokoena photo Jason Roberts

77' - Substitution Benni McCarthyis substituted by Jason Roberts

80' - Substitution André Ooijeris substituted by Maceo Rigters

90' - Goal Emmanuel Adebayor90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 0

Blackburn

Arsenal Blackburn

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Lehmann

Jens Lehmann

Germany

B.date10/11/1969

Age38 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age30 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Senderos4

Philippe Senderos

Switzerland

B.date14/02/1985

Age22 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Clichy

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Silva

Gilberto Silva

Brazil

B.date07/10/1976

Age31 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age20 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

Flamini

Mathieu Flamini

France

B.date07/03/1984

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Hleb

Alexander Hleb

Belarus

B.date01/05/1981

Age26 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Eduardo

Croatia

B.date25/02/1983

Age24 years

H1m77

positionCentre forward

Adebayor90

Emmanuel Adebayor

Togo

B.date26/02/1984

Age23 years

H1m93

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jens Lehmann		38	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Gallas		30	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Philippe Senderos	4	22	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaël Clichy		22	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bacary Sagna		24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gilberto Silva		31	232	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Cesc Fàbregas		20	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mathieu Flamini		23	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexander Hleb		26	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eduardo		24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emmanuel Adebayor	90	23	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

118

Blackburn

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age36 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Ooijer80

André Ooijer

Netherlands

B.date11/07/1974

Age33 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Khizanishvili

Zurab Khizanishvili

Georgia

B.date06/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Berner

Bruno Berner

Switzerland

B.date21/11/1977

Age30 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Reid

Steven Reid

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/03/1981

Age26 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Warnock

Stephen Warnock

England

B.date12/12/1981

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Tugay77

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age37 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Emerton

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

Bentley

David Bentley

England

B.date27/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

McCarthy77

Benni McCarthy

South Africa

B.date12/11/1977

Age30 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Santa Cruz

Roque Santa Cruz

Paraguay

B.date16/08/1981

Age26 years

H1m89

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		36	319	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	André Ooijer	80	33	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zurab Khizanishvili		26	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bruno Berner		30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Reid		26	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Warnock		26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kerimoglu Tugay	77	37	253	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brett Emerton		28	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Bentley		23	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benni McCarthy	77	30	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roque Santa Cruz		26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

118

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Aaron Mokoena	77	27	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Roberts	77	30	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Maceo Rigters	80	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gilberto Silva

Abou Diaby

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kerimoglu Tugay

David Dunn

OUT

Benni McCarthy

Matt Derbyshire

OUT

Bruno Berner

Morten Gamst Pedersen

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

656

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Blackburn

16 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on February 11, 2008

Wenger vs Hughes

7 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 11, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

176

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Hughes vs Arsenal

2 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on February 11, 2008

Hughes vs Wenger

2 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on February 11, 2008

Referee

Steve Bennett

17 victories	9 draws	2 losses	Arsenal28 matches	General total	Blackburn19 matches	9 victories	5 draws	5 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Arsenal2 matches	Season total	Blackburn2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on February 20, 2010					Latest figure on May 09, 2010

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Key figures

Gilberto Silva played his game number 10 vs Blackburn in Premier League

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Arsène Wenger has reached 58% of wins .

Arsenal keeps its 10 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 24/11/2007). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 02/01/2007-25/09/2007 time period (20 matches).

Read the next 18 key stats

General ranking

1	Arsenal	63 pts	26 rd
2	Manchester United	58 pts	26 rd
3	Chelsea	55 pts	26 rd
4	Everton	47 pts	26 rd
5	Liverpool	44 pts	25 rd

General ranking

7	Manchester City	44 pts	26 rd
8	Portsmouth	41 pts	26 rd
9	Blackburn	39 pts	26 rd
10	West Ham	37 pts	25 rd
11	Tottenham	32 pts	26 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 2-1 Tottenham22/12/2007

VArsenal 2-0 West Ham01/01/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Tottenham09/01/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Birmingham City12/01/2008

VArsenal 3-0 Newcastle United26/01/2008

VArsenal 3-0 Newcastle United29/01/2008

Overall

DArsenal 1-1 Birmingham City12/01/2008

VFulham 0-3 Arsenal19/01/2008

LTottenham 5-1 Arsenal22/01/2008

VArsenal 3-0 Newcastle United26/01/2008

VArsenal 3-0 Newcastle United29/01/2008

VManchester City 1-3 Arsenal02/02/2008

Current form

Away

DFulham 2-2 Blackburn25/11/2007

LWigan 5-3 Blackburn15/12/2007

DManchester City 2-2 Blackburn27/12/2007

VDerby County 1-2 Blackburn30/12/2007

VBolton Wanderers 1-2 Blackburn13/01/2008

DAston Villa 1-1 Blackburn26/01/2008

Overall

VBlackburn 1-0 Sunderland02/01/2008

LBlackburn 1-4 Coventry05/01/2008

VBolton Wanderers 1-2 Blackburn13/01/2008

DBlackburn 1-1 Middlesbrough19/01/2008

DAston Villa 1-1 Blackburn26/01/2008

DBlackburn 0-0 Everton02/02/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	24	3
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	24	10
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	4	4
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	6	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	11	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	9
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	7
6	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	40
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	8

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	25
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
18	Victories (Competition total)	10
11	Victories (Home / Away)	5
6	Draws (Competition total)	9
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
1	Losses (Competition total)	6
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

52	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
29	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	31
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
2.08	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.28
2.23	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.58
0.72	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.24
0.62	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (5 times)

Bookings

38	Yellow cards (Competition total)	51
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	27
2	Red cards (Competition total)	5
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Emmanuel Adebayor	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Roque Santa Cruz
Emmanuel Adebayor	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	10 goals	Roque Santa Cruz
Emmanuel Adebayor	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Benni McCarthy
Emmanuel Adebayor	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Cesc Fàbregas	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Emmanuel Adebayor	12 goals during the last 14 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Roque Santa Cruz

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

31 v

15 d

8 l

111 gf

46 ga

Away

54 matches

20 v

15 d

19 l

79 gf

93 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

109 matches

52 v

30 d

27 l

193 gf

139 ga

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

19 v

15 d

20 l

93 gf

79 ga

Away

54 matches

8 v

15 d

31 l

46 gf

111 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

109 matches

27 v

30 d

52 l

139 gf

193 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	February 25, 1933
Home	8 - 0	February 25, 1933

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 02, 1909
Away	3 - 1	December 13, 1997

Latest head to head

December 18, 2007 - League Cup 2007/2008

Blackburn

2 - 3

Arsenal

August 19, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Blackburn

1 - 1

Arsenal

February 28, 2007 - FA Cup 2006/2007

Blackburn

1 - 0

Arsenal

February 17, 2007 - FA Cup 2006/2007

Arsenal

0 - 0

Blackburn

January 13, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Blackburn

0 - 2

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Robin van Persie	7 goals	2005 - 2007
Dennis Bergkamp	6 goals	1998 - 2003
Joe Baker	6 goals	1962 - 1965
Thierry Henry	6 goals	2001 - 2007
Robert Pirès	4 goals	2001 - 2005
Geoff Strong	4 goals	1960 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Frederick Pickering	6 goals	1962 - 1963
Matt Jansen	5 goals	2001 - 2002
Kevin Gallacher	4 goals	1993 - 1998
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1992 - 1995
David Dunn	3 goals	2001 - 2007
Mike England	2 goals	1964 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Dennis Bergkamp	16 matches	1995 - 2005
David Seaman	15 matches	1992 - 2002
Ray Parlour	14 matches	1992 - 2003
Nigel Winterburn	14 matches	1992 - 1999
Tony Adams	13 matches	1992 - 2001
Patrick Vieira	13 matches	1996 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Brad Friedel	19 matches	2001 - 2007
Ronnie Clayton	14 matches	1959 - 1966
Kerimoglu Tugay	13 matches	2001 - 2007
Henning Berg	12 matches	1993 - 2003
Tim Sherwood	12 matches	1992 - 1998
Jason Wilcox	12 matches	1992 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Frank Stapleton

301 matches

1 match

1975 - 1991

Joe Haverty

47 matches

27 matches

1959 - 1962

Francis Jeffers

39 matches

15 matches

2001 - 2007

Paul Dickov

24 matches

61 matches

1993 - 2006

Kaba Diawara

15 matches

1 match

1999 - 2000

David Bentley

9 matches

119 matches

2003 - 2008

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

David Bentley

9 matches

119 matches

2003 - 2008

Andy Cole

2 matches

100 matches

1990 - 2004

Paul Dickov

24 matches

61 matches

1993 - 2006

Joe Haverty

47 matches

27 matches

1959 - 1962

Francis Jeffers

39 matches

15 matches

2001 - 2007

Kaba Diawara

15 matches

1 match

1999 - 2000

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

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Aston Villa

4 1

Newcastle United

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West Ham

1 1

Birmingham City

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February 10, 2008

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	63	26	19	6	1	54	18	+36
2	Manchester United	58	26	18	4	4	50	14	+36
3	Chelsea	55	26	16	7	3	38	17	+21
4	Everton	47	26	14	5	7	41	23	+18
5	Liverpool	44	25	11	11	3	40	17	+23
6	Aston Villa	44	26	12	8	6	48	34	+14
7	Manchester City	44	26	12	8	6	34	29	+5
8	Portsmouth	41	26	11	8	7	36	26	+10
9	Blackburn	39	26	10	9	7	32	33	-1
10	West Ham	37	25	10	7	8	30	23	+7
11	Tottenham	32	26	8	8	10	48	41	+7
12	Middlesbrough	29	26	7	8	11	23	38	-15
13	Newcastle United	28	26	7	7	12	29	47	-18
14	Sunderland	26	26	7	5	14	26	45	-19
15	Bolton Wanderers	25	26	6	7	13	26	35	-9
16	Wigan	23	26	6	5	15	24	42	-18
17	Birmingham City	22	26	5	7	14	25	38	-13
18	Reading	22	26	6	4	16	30	53	-23
19	Fulham	19	26	3	10	13	25	44	-19
20	Derby County	9	26	1	6	19	13	55	-42

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Arsenal 2-0 Blackburn - February 11, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

Arsenal

2 - 0

Blackburn

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Wenger vs Blackburn

Wenger vs Hughes

Manager

Hughes vs Arsenal

Hughes vs Wenger

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking